The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 12, 2006

A `strike' for organised labour
A wage policy for organised workforce, incorporating an inflation-adjusted component of old-age social security brooks no delay. More

AGRICULTURE

Ploughed out
A. M. Chacko, an avid farmer in Kerala's mid-Travancore for over 15 years, has decided to rest his plough. It was not an easy decision for him to make, as agriculture was a passion for him, having spent all his ... More

AIRLINES

AIR INDIA-INDIAN AIRLINES MERGER

A long-haul solution
More than an immediate merger of the state-owned carriers, needed are route rationalisation and synergy between them in the short-to-medium term. Air India and Indian Airlines should not be competing with each other and eating into each other's marke t share, says R. KRISHNAN. More

ECONOMY

How to enhance growth and competitiveness
Government policies need to be framed and implemented in harmony with the market process and not in a manner that stalls it. More

POLITICS

Is Gandhiji relevant?
As part of a discussion on the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms Medha Patkar's indefinite fast to draw attention to the hardships of those displaced by the construction of the Narmada dam, one of the TV ... More

TEXTILES

TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Opportune time to think big
Considering the opportunities that have opened up in the textile and clothing industry, this is the opportune time to think big for the policy-makers and industry leaders. More

RADIO/TV

An alternative to being a couch potato
How is IPTV better than the traditional telly? You can see programmes of your choice, at the pace you want to, by controlling the stream through pause, fast and rewind options. More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Why a re-think on GM crops is needed
The Government must review rigorously and re-position its policy on extending approval to MNC-owned GM crop varieties. More

LETTERS

Private sector banks

IIM fee hike